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Book Review of Ordinary Grace

Ordinary Grace
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Summer, 1961...a small town in Minnesota is shaken to the core by tragedy. A small boy, an itinerant and, later in the summer, two more victims are all found dead. The book's narrator, a 13 year old pastor's son named Frank, does some sleuthing on his own accompanied by his little brother. As I neared the end of the book, knowing questions were about to be answered, I found it hard to put down. In 2013, Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger, received the Edgar Award, given by the Mystery Writers of America in recognition for the best novel published that year.